Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1edbd7353c2c5694…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.0 KB
MD5: 08d15b61c04b952d5be0a20bec1e5678 SHA-1: 3892fab6e31b6eee8ed2ad89707ba3ec545b2540 SHA-256: 1edbd7353c2c5694ee028a5609d83bff7b107e4e226e4e5fb8c1058399264d4c
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is designed to deobfuscate and execute further stages, indicated by the extracted files legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js. The primary goal appears to be the download and execution of additional malicious content.

Heuristics 4

  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
1847af0a099665b6ac45af66402e56ed64237a1b287618ee3d6643267fda6f35
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D 343 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
e63f4edf669211a065a74aa3c257c5b7c6f3cc24e42ef3eae364b9bf561efe7e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 12811 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
e33fbb35d6c7fd59ba864575ef62d7769510391f131866a6480664043f8c0e15
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 5286 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).